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| Convicted Murderer Sues Prison for Saving his Life |
| By abcnews.go.com - RESHMA KIRPALANI |
| Published: 07/20/2011 |
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A convicted murderer is suing the Sterling Correctional Facility in Colorado for failing to honor his No CPR order and saving his life while in prison. Daniel Self, 54, who signed a No CPR form on Jan. 22, 2009, was found unconscious in his cell in the Sterling Correctional Facility by another inmate on April 4, 2009. According to Self's attorney, Brett Lampiasi, the cellmate alerted prison guards who worked for 90 minutes to revive Self. When emergency medical technicians arrived, they intubated Self and rushed him to Sterling Medical Center. Medical records indicate that when Self got to the hospital, he was unconcious, "Intubated, despite patient do not resuscitate request." Lampiasi said, "That's just not excusable. It's especially not excusable when you had 90 minutes to figure out the status of the individual in terms of medical directives." On March 30, 2011, Lampiasi filed a suit in U.S. District Court in Denver, claiming that prison officials deliberately disregarded his client's rights to refuse medical treatment. Read More. |
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